Thursday: First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain, 6 p.m., House of Blues: Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg sound right at home with American folk rock on this year’s Stay Gold, but their foreign-ness prevents anything from sounding rote or too familiar. (tickets) Also on Thursday: The Presets, Antwon, 9 p.m., Tipitina’s (tickets); This Will Destroy You, Future Death, Silent Land Time Machine, 8 p.m., One Eyed Jacks (tickets)

Other StuffThis weekend, The Voodoo Music Experience takes place in City Park with OutKast, Arctic Monkeys, and Foo Fighters, who’ve got a two-plus hour slot and will likely invite out Trombone Shorty and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to close the festival Sunday. Oh yes—and lots of thumping. (tickets)